deepNdirt
Veteran Member
Last spring during some heavy rain the creek rises and the water got swift enough to wash away my old bridge, It was made from LVL beams and was 10 ft in length across the lower banks, I'd never would dreamed the rising water could had moved it,
Even now with the water way down I've not been able to find any sign of the old bridge structure,....
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Now here's what I have in mind
while at the salvage yard the other day I came across a 16 ft trailer frame, it was mission one of the two axles and in pretty rough condition, which would justify it being in the "junk Yard"
The owner of this place is asking $400 for the trailer frame, I figure this would be much cheaper than the cost of building materials to build one,
Can anyone see as to why I shouldn't use this frame to build a new bridge? sure would save some time and money appose to having to start from scratch, I would of course next time locate the bridge on higher banks so the water couldn't get to it,
My only use for the bridge is as before was to get my tractor and cutter across to keep the other side of my property mowed down, They're also been a very large Oak tree to fall across and I haven't a way to get over with my tractor to cut and move it,
I would say the most weight load would be of my tractor and possibly some tree chunks total weigh around 3300 lbs, would a 16ft trailer span across hold up this kind of weight? I realize that when hauling on a trailer most of the weight should be over the 2 axles and then the weight is transfered to the ground, But what about a open span? realistically the trailers two ends would be resting on about 1.5 ft of ground, Probably even more once I dig down, so the actual span would be more of 12-13 ft. and having it roughly 7-8ft high
What-y'all-think?
can it be safe? or is bad idea?
Even now with the water way down I've not been able to find any sign of the old bridge structure,....
.
Now here's what I have in mind
The owner of this place is asking $400 for the trailer frame, I figure this would be much cheaper than the cost of building materials to build one,
Can anyone see as to why I shouldn't use this frame to build a new bridge? sure would save some time and money appose to having to start from scratch, I would of course next time locate the bridge on higher banks so the water couldn't get to it,
My only use for the bridge is as before was to get my tractor and cutter across to keep the other side of my property mowed down, They're also been a very large Oak tree to fall across and I haven't a way to get over with my tractor to cut and move it,
I would say the most weight load would be of my tractor and possibly some tree chunks total weigh around 3300 lbs, would a 16ft trailer span across hold up this kind of weight? I realize that when hauling on a trailer most of the weight should be over the 2 axles and then the weight is transfered to the ground, But what about a open span? realistically the trailers two ends would be resting on about 1.5 ft of ground, Probably even more once I dig down, so the actual span would be more of 12-13 ft. and having it roughly 7-8ft high
What-y'all-think?